false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156885222m/246.jpg 246 9 This book about Greece, by the author of <I>Tropic of Cancer</I> and <I>Tropic of Capricorn</I> is incandescent with his feeling for a great people and their past. "It doesn't seem far from a miracle to me, the emergence of as friendly and joyful a book."&#151;Paul Rosenfeld. 1056858 1941 The Colossus of Maroussi total:445|5:162|4:147|3:99|2:27|1:10| 445 1759 652 51 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 02 21:34:30 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 21:45:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jan 09 06:09:51 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 06:13:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 08 20:28:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 20:36:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 22 01:21:10 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 02:01:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Mar 31 10:32:27 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:32:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 06:47:35 -0800 2009 Thu Jun 04 22:46:46 -0700 2009 It's nice to have the collective Greek ego stroked by non-greeks. after all, it's about time the rest of the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 22 11:23:21 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 07 19:35:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 14:05:36 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 08:35:34 -0700 2008

Anthropological research, when focused on studying other cultures, centered on the experiences of “fieldwork,” a task that led ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 13:02:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 13:26:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 23:03:42 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 12:04:17 -0700 2008 The Colossus of Maroussi is a travelogue recounting the author's travels through Greece before leaving Europe at the outbreak of World War II. In it he attempts to capture the Greek soul, which he portrays as a noble yet defeated remnant of classical antiquity. He vividly describes the ruins and isl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 02:26:44 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 23:40:46 -0800 2008 on the road in a land which he fails to understand (and even ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:41:55 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:38:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 05:41:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 05:48:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 29 01:36:26 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 01:36:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Mar 10 16:29:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:30:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 12:46:41 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 13:50:22 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 06:34:53 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 28 06:07:59 -0700 2009 On the Road in Greece.

Okay, that’s probably an exaggeration, but the sentiment is, I think, accurate. As does Kerouac in On the Road, Miller displays the same quickening to judgment, the same contempt for the bourgeois, the same obsession for the real. Greece to him is real. Unfortuna...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 16:18:24 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 23:09:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 26 07:15:51 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 06:54:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Apr 14 12:29:40 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:31:03 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=246